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The latest Husker sports news from the Omaha World-Herald (@OWHnews).
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Stanley Morgan passed Kenny Bell for the #Huskers receptions record with the 182nd catch of his career
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Trev Alberts said Husker football great Ndamukong Suh is interested in helping Nebraska’s name, image and likeness efforts. “I think he’s going to be involved some way, somehow, in Husker Athletics.”. From @swmckewonOWH: #Huskers #GBR.
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BREAKING: Henry Gray, a four-star defensive back from Miami, has announced his commitment to the #Huskers
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An awesome photo of Scott Frost celebrating in the snow by @BsullivanOWH . Read the game recap by @heady_chris here: And watch the postgame press conference here:
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BREAKING: The #Huskers have landed their third commit of the day as Ty Robinson chooses Nebraska over Alabama, Oregon, USC and Stanford
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“I can say now, I don’t like Iowa, I hate Iowa,” Nebraska's Omar Brown said. “I’ll always say that for life. I hope Nebraska whoops Iowa every year. They were talking so much trash out there.”. From @swmckewonOWH: #Huskers #GBR
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Award-winning actress and #Huskers super fan Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) will be the #Huskers celebrity guest picker on @CollegeGameDay
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Both Nebraska and the Big Ten came into this marriage thinking they were doing the other one a favor. I don’t think either side is that impressed with the other, writes @tomshatelOWH:
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#BREAKING: Family. Football. Five-star quarterback. Husker legacy Dylan Raiola — a five-star quarterback — has flipped his commitment from Georgia to Nebraska. From @swmckewonOWH: #Huskers #GBR.
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Nebraska volleyball rallied from a 2-0 hole against Illinois to keep its hopes for a repeat national championship alive.
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After second national title, homegrown #Huskers Kelly Hunter (@KellyHunter03) is crowned state's top college athlete. SUBSCRIBER PLUS:
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BREAKING: Bellevue West WR Zavier Betts — who has been working to get academically qualified — has been given the OK to sign with the #Huskers tomorrow. @MikeSautterOWH has the details
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#Huskers QB coach Mario Verduzco is a nominee for the @BroylesAward which is given every year to the nation's best assistant coach
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Award-winning actress and Husker super fan Gabrielle Union will be the celebrity guest picker Saturday when ESPN's "College GameDay" comes to Lincoln. She may already have a jersey to wear lined up:
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The cancer is gone. So are 95 pounds. And most of his voice. #Huskers assistant Jovan Dewitt spent the past four months in treatment for throat cancer. The support from his wife, kids, fellow coaches and current and former players pulled him through.
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The turmoil at Nebraska kept Ndamukong Suh away for years. But now he's happy to be around #Huskers football again with Scott Frost in charge. "I believe Frost is a good human being and coach and will do great things for Nebraska"
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#BREAKING: Former Husker Khalil Davis ran the fastest 40-yard dash of any interior lineman in Indianapolis.
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BREAKING: The #Huskers have landed a commitment from 3-star defensive lineman Marquis Black from McDonough, Georgia. He's the 14th member of Nebraska's 2020 recruiting class
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Scott Frost says this is the best year of his life. He became a father. He coached an undefeated team. And today, he became the #Huskers football coach
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Kansas City outside linebacker Dawson Merritt is a major recruiting win for Nebraska that should pay off for years. #Huskers #GBR . From @EvanBlandOWH:
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Mickey Joseph, a former #Huskers QB, spent the last five seasons at LSU. He helped lead the Tigers to a national championship in 2019 and coached two of the top receivers in recent college football history — Ja'Marr Chase and Justin Jefferson:
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BREAKING: Fred Hoiberg finalized a deal to become Nebraska’s next head basketball coach, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told The World-Herald. #Huskers
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Nebraska volleyball beats Florida to win its fifth national championship
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The #Huskers haven't played a football game in 2020, but Scott Frost is still winning. Because despite all the Big Ten drama, as @tomshatelOWH writes, never has Nebraska never been more united behind its coach and team
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Dwyane Wade became a #Huskers fan to marry Gabrielle Union. Her father gave him no other choice.
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An estimated 700 active military members and veterans will help fill Memorial Stadium when the #Huskers host Illinois on Saturday. Nebraska plans to honor all service members in attendance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
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In one week, Nebraska went from allegedly going "rogue" and being the Darth Vader of the Big Ten. to having more and more of the force on their side. Get more from @tomshatelOWH:
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Rex Burkhead is now a Super Bowl champion. The former Husker running back helped New England win the title Sunday as the Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams, 13-3.
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Kenny Bell would fight Satan's demons at the gates of the underworld for Bo Pelini: http://t.co/ViS7Sl2M8W
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http://t.co/7XBMf7KKqs.
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A trio of future Husker linebackers — Nick Henrich of Omaha Burke, Garrett Snodgrass of York and Garrett Nelson of Scottsbluff — have been named semifinalists for the Butkus Award
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USA Today's @ForTheWin names @FauxPelini the Internet Sportsman of the Year. #Purrfect. http://t.co/FeXAdKdRQ7
http://t.co/YXPsI6IsBq.
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Jordan Larson was announced as the second member of the 2020 #Huskers athletic hall of fame class on Wednesday:
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Former #Huskers coach and player Frank Solich is expected to become the Mid-American Conference’s winningest coach this season. Five wins this season would break the record.
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“He changed everything for me,” Coleman said of Joseph. “Six, seven months ago, I was not coming here, that’s for sure.”
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"I want to get a chance to run out of that tunnel like my dad and my brother"
Anthony Banderas is keeping Nebraska in the family. The son and brother of former #Huskers has committed to NU as a preferred walk-on
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Just going to leave this here and let yall do your thing 😎☘️. More #Huskers in #Ireland photos from @annaereed ⬇️.
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The man whose voice has long been synonymous with Nebraska football and baseball, Greg Sharpe, died Friday after a nearly yearlong bout with pancreatic cancer. @EvanBlandOWH has more on Sharpe's impact on Nebraska Athletics: . #Huskers #GBR #GregSharpe
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#BREAKING: Elkhorn North's Britt Prince is staying home! . The five-star recruit announced she is committing to Nebraska women's basketball. From @MPattersonOWH: #Huskers #GBR #nebpreps.
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Roughly 12 hours after Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren suggested the #Huskers couldn't be a member of the Big Ten and still play football in the fall, Ohio State coach Ryan Day said his program is also exploring its options. More from @swmckewonOWH:
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#Huskers rally to win five-set thriller against Penn State, advance to national title match
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No NFL player has recorded a TD reception and a blocked punt in the same game since 1977. Former #Huskers standout Rex Burkhead did it with over 10 minutes left in the second quarter.
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Breaking: Nebraska fires Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst
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One name that emerged as often as any Wednesday wasn't a member of the #Huskers' consensus top-20 recruiting class. It was the guy who played the largest role in piecing it together. Defensive backs coach Travis Fisher.
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Aside from the result of the game, Bethune-Cookman coach Terry Sims loved his time in Nebraska . "I wouldn’t hesitate to come back, not only to play a game but come back and visit. It’s a great place”
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Former #Huskers De'Mornay Pierson-El has bounced all over professional football. He's spent time on NFL practice squads, played in Canada and in the short-lived XFL and AAF. Now he's getting another NFL opportunity with the Denver Broncos.
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With their backs against the wall, where do the #Huskers find the fuel to fight back? . @swmckewonOWH.previews the Wisconsin game by exploring what inspires this team
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BREAKING: The #Huskers have landed a commitment from Ronald Delancy, a defensive back from Miami. He's the third DB commit in the 2020 class, and they're all from Florida
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#Huskers WR @AFRO_THUNDER80 has a reminder for his teammates: Go out with a smile. http://t.co/g3AlQkebLE
@Huskers
http://t.co/RNpvZGUgg4.
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Logan Foster, a former All-Nebraska pick who started his college career at Texas A&M, is coming back to his hometown to play for Will Bolt and the #Huskers
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After a whirlwind year, former #Husker Mikaela Foecke's (@mikaela_foecke) performance on the volleyball court has earned her another award. The Fred Ware Award, which is given annually to the state’s top athlete at a four-year college. SUBSCRIBER PLUS:
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Former #Huskers coach Frank Solich will be coming back to Nebraska as the fifth recipient of the Tom Osborne Legacy Award
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Wandale Robinson has officially signed with the #Huskers . The offensive weapon from Kentucky is the big-play threat the #Huskers need in Scott Frost's offense. Here's more on @robinson__era
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Tim Miles wanted to show unity with Nebraska football and pushed for Scott Frost to make an on-court appearance at tonight's game
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Former #Huskers quarterback Tommy Armstrong (@Tommy_Gun4) was named the 2019 Indoor Football League rookie of the year.
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Tom Osborne, the #Huskers' legendary football coach, turns 84 years young today. In honor of his birthday, check out some of the memorable moments of Osborne's life:
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Wandale Robinson (@robinson__era) will be the first to admit his journey to this point hasn’t been perfect. “Ultimately, I realized this is my life and my choice,” Robinson says. “I know where I want to go and it’s Nebraska.”. SUBSCRIBER PLUS:
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#BREAKING: Thomas Fidone (@ThomasFidone), one of the best tight ends in the nation, has committed to the #Huskers. @MikeSautterOWH spoke with him on his decision:
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BREAKING: Maurice Washington, MVP of the Under Armour All-America Game, has signed with the #Huskers
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BREAKING: Lincoln Southeast's Isaac Gifford has announced his commitment to the #Huskers. He expects to join the program this spring, then go on scholarship in the fall. "Nebraska is home. Nebraska is still Nebraska, and Nebraska is where I want to be."
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Bo Pelini on Sam Foltz: 'I was privileged to be his coach'
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Jerald Foster (@JeraldFoster) and the #Huskers have some unfinished business with Iowa. “I can’t wait to beat Iowa," Foster said. "I really can’t.”
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BREAKING: A group of eight #Huskers football players have filed a lawsuit against the Big Ten seeking a reversal of the league's decision to postpone the fall sports season
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UCF claims it won a national championship, so UCF is paying its former coaches a national championship bonus
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They aren't coaches, but these Bethune-Cookman insiders couldn't resist the allure of a Runza — so they bought some from the sidelines. @dirkchatelain has the story
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From @dirkchatelain: Lipstick on a pigskin — Lamenting 15 years of Nebraska football failure
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“There are some perks, but, obviously, on everything you see, I’ll always be Kurt Warner’s son,” Kade said. “So I have a chip on my shoulder trying to get that part of my name — not erased — but to just be Kade Warner.”
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The run on Sunshine State defensive backs for Nebraska’s 2020 football recruiting class continued Tuesday when Miami Northwestern defensive back Ronald Delancy III (@_TherealkingRjj) announced his commitment to the #Huskers:
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Thanks to Northwestern, Nebraska is now the only major-conference team to never win an NCAA tournament game
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The Nebraska women's basketball team is officially in the NCAA tournament. The #Huskers are a No. 10 seed.
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Jack Hoffman, who catapulted into the hearts of sports fans for his Nebraska spring game run in 2013, died Wednesday. He was 19.
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Nebraska signee Jamarion Parker is a home run hitter as a running back, a smooth, instinctive glider who reaches clear air and shoots to the end zone. #Huskers #GBR . From @swmckewonOWH:
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The Ohio State marching band paid tribute at halftime Saturday to Tyler Butterfield, a member of the Nebraska marching band who was killed Oct. 26 in an automobile accident.
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In 10 years of #BigTen football, the #Huskers have been a nonfactor, writes @tomshatelOWH. But suddenly, in one month, Nebraska has become a major player in the conference, garnering respect and fans around the league.
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Ty Hahn, a record-breaking receiver from Eight Man Johnson-Brock, has committed to walk on with the #Huskers. "Coach Frost promised me that if I walk on for 18 months I'll be put on scholarship for my last three years of school."
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Video: Sam Foltz’s parents, teammates, coaches and others remember the Husker punter on BTN's "The Journey"
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Cam'ron Jones (@camgonework15) has signed with the #Huskers!. The hard-hitting safety from Texas has a nose for contact
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